Christine Turner

This profile of celebrated artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley provides insight into why they make art and their unique perspectives on painting portraits.

This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

At age 93, there's no stopping the legendary artist Betye Saar.

Queens artist Kevin Beasley juxtaposes sound, silence and sculpture to examine the legacy of cotton in the American South.

Queens artist Kevin Beasley juxtaposes sound, silence and sculpture to examine the legacy of cotton in the American South.

Docu-series featuring short documentaries from six directors.

Family bonds are tested when a young man is left to care for his grandmother one morning.

Family bonds are tested when a young man is left to care for his grandmother one morning.

A school administrator talks down a troubled student.

A school administrator talks down a troubled student.

A school administrator talks down a troubled student.

First responders, journalists, shop owners, those inside the pressure-packed control center of Con Edison on West End Avenue, and other New Yorkers tell about what happened when the lights went out on July 13, 1977.

Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."

Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."

FREE ANGELA is a feature-length documentary about Angela Davis and the high stakes crime, political movement, and trial that catapults the 26 year-old newly appointed philosophy professor at the University of California at Los Angeles into a seventies revolutionary political icon. Nearly forty years later, and for the first time, Angela Davis speaks frankly about the actions that branded her as a terrorist and simultaneously spurred a worldwide political movement for her freedom.